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Amendment Approval received for New GE Cows
Wednesday, 2 November 2005, 8:53 am | GE Free NZ
Plans by AgResearch to create new GE cows to produce commercial lactoferrin in partnership with Dutch company Pharming (NV) have been received and are being considered by the ERMA Authority over the next two days (Nov 1st and 2nd). GE Free has voiced its concerns ... More >>
Call for MAF to improve biosecurity protocols
Monday, 10 October 2005, 9:51 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free (NZ) is calling on MAF to improve their biosecurity protocols for seed imports into NZ to ensure that the current zero tolerance standard for GE contamination remains in place. “To date, MAF's monitoring of such contamination has been poor,” said spokesperson ... More >>
Public badly let down by ERMA
Tuesday, 4 October 2005, 8:55 am | GE Free NZ
An amendment application that opens the door for possible release of GE animals is to be considered without public comment on the 11th of October. More >>
ERMA GE decision shows need for new Commissioner
Thursday, 29 September 2005, 8:50 am | GE Free NZ
This amendment would allow GE animals containing a human gene lactoferrin to be created for commercial gain without prior environmental or animal and human safety tests. The application appears to ignore the ethical concerns that the majority of New Zealanders ... More >>
New GE Contamination Pushes Liabilty
Monday, 19 September 2005, 9:29 am | GE Free NZ
New Zealand may have to re-introduce a moratorium on GE crops as parts of Australia have done, unless strict liabilty rules are established to hold polluters responsible for clean up and compensation. More >>
AgResearch GE Cow Application Contravenes Law
Monday, 22 August 2005, 9:00 am | GE Free NZ
AgResearch's recently-approved experiment to produce Lactoferrin from GE cows has been revealed to be a full scale manufacturing business and not a just a 'development' as previously implied in order to get ERMA's go-ahead. More >>
New Regulations Are Needed to Protect NZ
Friday, 19 August 2005, 1:04 pm | GE Free NZ
GE Free NZ in food and environment is angered that locally-produced maize was contaminated by an imported GE soy product destined for animal feed and is calling on MAF, ERMA and Food Authorities to coordinate the development of new standards to stop such ... More >>
Only stopping GE imports prevents contamination
Wednesday, 17 August 2005, 4:07 pm | GE Free NZ
The Greens welcome MAF's announcement that the recent GE contamination of maize was not caused by a failure in border security, but warn only stopping imports of bulk GE flour and meal will prevent it from happening again. More >>
Call for Cross-Party GE-free food prod'n Consensus
Tuesday, 16 August 2005, 1:28 pm | GE Free NZ
Call for Cross-Party Consensus to protect GE-free Production in New Zealand It is time for Political parties from across the spectrum to come together as they once did for superannuation and to agree to protect GM-free production in New Zealand. ... More >>
Community Groups Concerned as ERMA Cancels Meeting
Thursday, 11 August 2005, 10:13 am | GE Free NZ
Communty Groups are disappointed that ERMA has cancelled a meeting that would have kept the public informed about the GM Maize contamination being investigated, as well as allowed questions about the recent approval for yet more GE cows, despite ... More >>
New Wave of GE Trials Must Not Sideline Public
Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 1:46 pm | GE Free NZ
The approval on May 27th 2005 of AgResearch's Lactoferrin GE Cow embryo's into containment signals the beginning of a new wave of hearings from ERMA. But the public must not be cut out of the decision-making process or the $6 million spent on public hearings ... More >>
ERMA's New CEO Faces Ethical Challenge
Monday, 1 August 2005, 10:29 am | GE Free NZ
ERMA's new CEO faces the urgent task of restoring public trust in ERMA's decision-making and to prove that Ethical issues will not continue to be sidelined as they have been in recent months. More >>
Law Needed to Recover Costs of GM Contamination
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 9:40 am | GE Free NZ
The latest GE contamination incident involving a 13,500 tonne consignment of maize in the North Island should be enough reason for the Government to change the law to reclaim costs of clean-up and compensation on a "polluter pays" basis. More >>
"The Impossible" Growing after GM Field Trials
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 9:31 am | GE Free NZ
Years after field trials of GM crops ended in the UK a study by scientists has discovered a "superweed" that other scientists claimed was an 'impossibility' at the time of the experiments. More >>
Sutton Urged To Raise GE Compensation With US
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 10:53 am | GE Free NZ
Australian farmers have recently been hit by GM contamination of canola (see below) that is being attributed to mistakes in regulatory processes overseas but has left them exposed to lost sales to international markets as a result. More >>
Compensation For GE Contamination Must Be Raised
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 9:29 am | GE Free NZ
New Zealand Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton must raise the issue of compensation for NZ farmers for GE contamination when US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns visits New Zealand next month. More >>
GE-Free NZ - Election 2005
Monday, 18 July 2005, 11:47 am | GE Free NZ
Any New Zealander would be shocked to see delegates at an international conference stand holding signs saying 'Shame on New Zealand'. But that's what happened in Montreal this year. More >>
GE Cows Threaten NZ Dairy Industry
Monday, 4 July 2005, 10:28 am | GE Free NZ
AgResearch's deal to grow GE Cows for pharmaceuticals will meet with huge public opposition as it is a threat to our Dairy industry's international reputation which could cost the country millions. More >>
Labour Will Ruin NZ's 'Clean Green' Image
Monday, 27 June 2005, 8:46 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free NZ congratulate the Green party for their committment to keeping our agriculture and environment GE- Free which will guarantee our international reputation and exports for decades to come. More >>
The detrimental health effects of MON 863 corn
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 3:07 pm | GE Free NZ
GE Free NZ calls on the NZFSA to immediately remove the Mon 863 genetically modified corn that it approved for entry into the food chain. The NZFSA ignored the information from GE Free NZ when concerns were raised in November 2004. But today in Germany ... More >>
